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OnurNalbantoglu14-Alexandrite
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December 27, 2022
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Is it possible for me to simply exceed the 500 character limit of the string Length?

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Is it possible for me to simply exceed the 500 character limit of the string Length?

 

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Best answer by BenLoosli

I don't think so. The 500 character limit is, I believe, hard coded into Windchill.

If you need a longer length field, open an Idea in the community so PTC will see the request.

I would guess most Windchill admins will vote it up. 

However, getting an Idea acknowledged and voted up does not mean PTC will implement the change. IF they happen to be working on that area of the code for some other change, then the chances improve for a change to the string limit.

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BenLoosli23-Emerald IIIAnswer
23-Emerald III
December 27, 2022

I don't think so. The 500 character limit is, I believe, hard coded into Windchill.

If you need a longer length field, open an Idea in the community so PTC will see the request.

I would guess most Windchill admins will vote it up. 

However, getting an Idea acknowledged and voted up does not mean PTC will implement the change. IF they happen to be working on that area of the code for some other change, then the chances improve for a change to the string limit.

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    SWeiler_994026116-Pearl
    16-Pearl
    December 27, 2022

    If you update your database to exceed the character limit, it will cause issues in your upgrade. I would not recommend trying to exceed 500 characters. I would recommend instead, using a second field. 

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      shin1h13-Aquamarine
      13-Aquamarine
      December 27, 2022

      As for IBAs, we extend them up to 4000 byte (= 1333 characters).

      Refer to following article.

      https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article/cs249295

      I hope this is helpful for you.

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        d_graham18-Opal
        18-Opal
        December 28, 2022

        The column size in the dB where the String is store has a size of 500. In fact, there are actually two column in the same table that would need to have their size increased.

        So, that’s a negative unless you are going to increase the column size.

        That covers the dB side

        On the application side the class the creates the entry into the dB has an upperLimit = 500

        constraint.

         

        So, you have to edit the dB table and the class in Windchill.

         

        I wouldn’t recommend it.

        How about unchecking the Single Value constraint on the attribute? Band-aid solution for sure and not pretty but you’ll

        have more room.

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          Evieharper1-Visitor
          1-Visitor
          December 28, 2022

          Steps to reproduce the behavior:

          1. Send more than 500 Characters to a bot using LUIS

          Expected behavior

          The 500 Character Limit is a built in limitation of LUIS, it would be expected that the bot framework truncate the text sent to LUIS to be 500 Characters or less. Allowing LUIS to return an intent and not cause an error.

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            OnurNalbantoglu14-AlexandriteAuthor
            14-Alexandrite
            December 28, 2022

            waiting for your votes;

            Solved: Re: Is it possible for me to simply exceed the 500... - PTC Community

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            STEVEG21-Topaz I
            21-Topaz I
            December 28, 2022

            Our partner company was able to increase the number of characters for the Resulting Objects table to 2000 characters and the out of the box Description on a Change Notice to 4000 so I would assume it could be done on a problem report.

            This has never created a problem during an upgrade as far as I know.

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            We were told it is fully supported by PTC.

            I found this on PTC's website:

            https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article/cs129982?language=en&posno=1&q=comment%20change%20task%20character%20limit&source=search

             

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              OnurNalbantoglu14-AlexandriteAuthor
              14-Alexandrite
              December 29, 2022

              I started a vote so that it can be resolved without changing anything on the server, but I think your solution is quite reasonable as well. Thank you. 

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